Audubon John James

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A0518600 (ô′də-bŏn′, -bən), John James 1785-1851. Haitian-born American ornithologist and artist whose engravings, collected in volumes such as The Birds of America (1827-1838), are noted for their naturalistic detail and artistic sensibility.

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(ô′də-bŏn′), John James 1785-1851. American ornithologist and artist. His effort to catalog every species of bird in America resulted in the publication of The Birds of America (1827-1838), a collection of 1,065 life-size engravings of birds found in eastern North America. It is considered a classic work in ornithology and in American art.